I blogged today on the National Journal, answering a question the moderator posed about whether recent senior administration statements on Russia and the Middle East (Biden, Clinton) that conflicted with administration policies or presidential statements were deleterious to President Obama.  I say some straying from the talking points, or even the President’s stated policy is natural in a democracy — [...]

In a recent post on his blog (Losing Patience with GIRoA), Exum makes a startling argument that raises fundamental questions about whether mainstream counter-insurgency theorists — of which Exum is one of the most prominent examples — actually understand the connection between military forces and political goals.
He writes:
There is a growing realization that we can [...]

ASP Senior Fellow Dr. Evelyn Farkas was featured yesterday on CNN’s American Morning and MSNBC talking about North Korea and how to confront the challenges it presents given the recent missile tests conducted by the regime there.
See the MSNBC Segment here:

And the CNN Segment here:

Interesting story from today’s Washington Post: U.S. Could Hit N. Korean Missile, Says Commander
The article begins:
There is a “high probability” that the United States could knock down a North Korean missile aimed at this country, the Pentagon’s military commander for the Pacific told Congress yesterday.
This conclusion is debatable actually, though intercept tests of the Ground-Based [...]